Physics and Astronomy Resources for Educators

• ClassroomToday
  Classroom concepts, student resources, teacher lounge and more fun and useful educational content. Updated daily!
• Teachers @ Work
  Excellent Education Resource!
• Contemporary Physics Education Project
• Physics 361
  This site is being used in lieu of a printed text for a college preparatory physics class
• SMILE - Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement
  Lesson plans by Dr. Porter Johnson at the Illinois Institute of Technology
• Virtual Labs & Simulations
  This page is a collection of links to sites on the web that have computerized simulations of physics principles.
• MIT Haystack Education Home Page
  This page is an educational source in basic astronomy and radio astronomy. There are many sources of interest here.
• edUniverse
  Educational resource for teachers K-12. Includes lesson plans
• NCSU Lecture Demonstration Facility
  Collection of physics demonstrations with photographs, movies, vendor information and references. Classified using the PIRA DCS.
• Light and Matter Physics Education Resources
  a free introductory physics textbook
• Light!
  This is a site that takes an in-depth look at the physics of light. Topics include the speed of light, color, diffraction, lasers, reflection & more
• From Apples to Orbits
  This is an interactive educational web site devoted to the force of gravitation. We cover Newtonian laws to basic astronomy and zero G study.
• Physics Animations
  Computer animations of the physical processes with theoretical explanations
• 2think.org
  Book reviews, articles, and essays dealing with various aspects of science
• Highly Charged Ions
  Learn about exotic ions which have lost most of their electrons. Basic science and possible future applications.
• The Physics Classroom
• The Physics Zone
  This site contains lessons and review for high school and introductory college physics courses.
• The Scout Reports
  Reports on best science, technology and education sites on the web.
• The Science and Technology Network
  Comprehensive clearinghouse of information on science-astronomy, geology, biology, physical and technology for teachers, parents and students.
• The Lesson Plans Page - 550+ Free Lesson Plans
  LessonPlansPage.com provides over 550 FREE lesson plans in all subjects for teachers to use in their classrooms.
• Physics For Beginners
  An introduction to physics for the absolute beginner. Included is an equation solver for use with the Physics For Beginners section
• Geonika, s.r.o.
  Classroom demonstration kits for teaching optics. Light diffraction, Polarized light, Colour mixing, Light dispersion.
• Interactive tutorial on Fundamentals of Quantum Physics
  Schrodinger's Cat, Probability waves etc for the layman
• Interactive tutorial on Fundamentals of Relativity
  The Twins' Paradox, Time Dilation, Length Contraction etc. . . for beginners
• Quantum Non-Locality Tutorial
  Interactive tutorial on Non-locality, EPR, Aspect, for non-mathematical beginners.
• CongressLink
  A 'classroom' friendly Web site for teachers and students of history, politics, civics, and related subjects.
• National Physical Laboratory
  Site for NPL, which is the National Standards Laboratory in the UK. , Teddington, Middlesex, UK
• Middle School Science
  Physics, Chem and Life Science Lesson Plans
• physicsforfree
  Two textbooks (Yale-based lectures); the first, an intensive introduction for Physics majors, the second, a specialized book on Groups and Particles.
• DARE Software
  Free online physics simulations along with info about commercial software
• Significant Figures and Rounding Rules
  Deals with the proper teaching of significant figures - aimed at educators and students.